Month: December 2010

3 december 2010 Workshop
A Sida-funded research workshop will be held at Caucasus Studies, Malmö University, on December 3, 13-17.30. The theme of the meeting is “What is role of Caucasian diasporas in the Caucasus region today?” The meeting will include three presentations on the Circassian (Lars Funch Hansen), Chechen (Helen Krag) and Georgian (Giorgi Mekhrishvili) diasporas.

7 May 2010 Caucasus Studies Seminar
The Georgian Dimension of the Eastern Partnership: A Deepening of the European Neighbourhood Policy or a Paradigm Shift?
Badri Kochoradze, Professor, Director of the Institute for European Studies,has extensive experience in international cooperation with a special focus onthe EU, project management and public administration. David Aptsiauri, professor, is a specialist in international economics and has a professional experience as former ambassador and deputy minister offoreign affairs of Georgia.

4 March 2010
“Caucasus Studies”established as a new field of study at the Department of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER). Head of Department Jonas Alwall opens the seminar. The program at IMER on March 4 2010 includes a short presentation of Caucasus Studies and courses on offer, followed by a guest lecture by Ib Faurby (part 2), former chief advisor at the Royal Danish Defense College and a security policy expert with extensive experience of the Caucasus region

28-30 November 2008
The international conference Caucasus studies in the fields of Migration, Society, Language is arranged at the Department of IMER, Malmö University

20-21 October 2009
Participation in the International Conference on the Georgian language and modern technologies. Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, Tbilisi. Program, Abstracts.

May 27 2009
Presentation of the course Georgian online at Diaspora day, Tbilisi.

9-11 oktober 2008– Participation in the II International Symposium in Iberian-Caucasian Linguistics: Legacy and Perspectives (dedicated to the 110th anniversary of Arnold Chikobava)
– Chairman of Relations with Compatriots Residing Abroad Committee and Group of MPs Meet the Multinational Delegation of Arnold Chikobava Jubilee Symposium

During their stay in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, researchers Märta-Lisa Magnusson and Karina Vamling, Malmö University (Sweden), witnessed rapidly escalating Russian-Georgian hostilities. Research activities scheduled for the field trip to Georgia starting on August 8, 2008, had to be cancelled.

IMER Student to Become Ambassador2007-05-15
Five questions to Denis Keefe, who is studying Georgian at Malmö University’s School of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), and has just been appointed the British Ambassador to Georgia.

New general agreement with Tbilisi State University2006-05-16
Malmö University has signed a general agreement with Tbilisi State University in Georgia. It is hoped that the agreement will lead to collaboration between students, researchers and lecturers.